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  • 21appropriate illegally — index peculate, pilfer, rob Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 22appropriate to one's own use — index defalcate, embezzle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 23appropriate to public use — index confiscate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 24appropriate unlawfully — index usurp Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 25appropriate wrongfully — index convert (misappropriate), peculate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 26appropriate — ap‧pro‧pri‧ate [əˈprəʊpri eɪt ǁ əˈproʊ ] verb [transitive] 1. LAW to take something for yourself when you have no right to do this: • The generals appropriated defence funds, leaving their men unpaid for months. 2. ECONOMICS to take something,… …

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  • 27appropriate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ suitable; proper. ► VERB 1) take for one s own use without permission. 2) devote (money) to a special purpose. DERIVATIVES appropriately adverb appropriateness noun appropriation noun app …

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  • 28appropriate — I adj. 1) appropriate for; to (appropriate for us; appropriate to the occasion) 2) appropriate to + inf. (it is not appropriate to tip a bus driver) 3) appropriate that + clause; subj. (it is appropriate that he be/ should be present) II v. 1)… …

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  • 29appropriate — ap|pro|pri|ate1 W1S1 [əˈprəupri ıt US əˈprou ] adj correct or suitable for a particular time, situation, or purpose ≠ ↑inappropriate appropriate for ▪ clothes appropriate for a job interview appropriate to ▪ an education system which is more… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30appropriate — 01. I don t really think that it is [appropriate] to wear jeans to the office. 02. Mark wasn t allowed in the nightclub because they had a dress code, and he wasn t dressed [appropriately]. 03. I really wonder about the [appropriateness] of… …

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